Legal Counsel Temporary 12-18months

At Saputo we bring good to the table by making highquality products investing in our people and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive growthdriven work environment. Ready to bring your best

Overview of The Role

The incumbent will be an integral part of the Dairy Foods Division (U.S. legal team to support their needs. The successful candidate will provide support to several sectors of the company including operations sales distribution marketing real estate procurement and information technology.

How you will make contributions that matter:

• Draft negotiate and interpret commercial contracts of varying types
• Provide legal opinions and strategic advice to managers
• Provide continuous legal support to the departments and business units that are linked to U.S. Operations

You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications:

• Two to four years of experience in commercial law
• Excellent legal knowledge and capacity to solve problems
• Ability to write and negotiate exceptionally well
• Ability to manage priorities and a large volume of projects at once
• Good sense of business and entrepreneurship
• Ability to establish excellent interpersonal relationships and communicate clearly and efficiently with the different multidisciplinary teams both internally and externally in a corporate environment as well as with legal professionals
• Strong sense of ethics and responsibility
• Good judgment
• Strong motivation and good customer service skills
• Ability to work in a team and collaborate as well as work independently
• Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L. or LL.L. and member of the Barreau du Qubec
• Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B. an asset
• Experience in commercial litigation an asset
• Perfectly bilingual in English and French (spoken and written)

As part of their duties the incumbent will have to communicate and collaborate in English both orally and in writing with colleagues or other stakeholders in Quebec as well as in the rest of Canada or in North America.

We support and care for our employees and their families by providing:

• Competitive salaries
• A hybrid work environment with the possibility to work from home 2 days a week
• Advantageous corporate agreements
• Full range of group insurance benefits
• Group retirement pension plan with employer contribution
• Purchase option of company stocks
• Group RRSP
• Health and wellness program in the workplace
• Assistance program for employees and their families
• Saputo products at a discounted price

Salary Range: $98400 $129150

*Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience education skills and training.

We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join its family.

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